Senior cybersecurity compliance advisory

Experience that turns compliance complexity into clear decisions.

Maika‘i Solutions supports defense contractors, cleared organizations, government programs, and companies pursuing federal work with practical cybersecurity guidance and implementation support.

20+
Years of cybersecurity experience
USAF
Veteran founded, mission driven
Hawai‘i and Beyond
Serving U.S. and Indo Pacific clients
A calm professional strategy workspace representing cybersecurity compliance planning
Our approach

Understand what applies. Secure what matters.

Experience behind the work

Built from the operator’s side of compliance.

Maika‘i Solutions was founded by Diane Kepo‘o, a U.S. Air Force veteran and cybersecurity compliance consultant with more than two decades of experience helping organizations prepare for audits, manage risk, respond to incidents, and improve security operations.

Her work has spanned defense and intelligence, aerospace, technology, financial services, healthcare, and research. In these environments, sound security decisions require technical depth, operational judgment, and disciplined execution.

That experience defines the foundation of every Maika‘i engagement: understand the mission first, determine what truly applies, and deliver practical security and compliance solutions that organizations can sustain. Every consultant engaged by Maika‘i is selected for their technical expertise, professional judgment, and commitment to the same standard of quality and client service.

What clients can expect

Senior guidance without unnecessary layers.

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Clear Direction

Complex requirements are translated into decisions, priorities, owners, and a realistic path forward.

02

Practical Execution

Policies and technical controls are designed around how your organization actually operates. They are not built around an imaginary perfect environment.

03

Direct Accountability

You work with the senior consultant responsible for the strategy, recommendations, and quality of the engagement.

A refined strategy workspace representing direct senior guidance

Structured for direct senior support

Senior attention. Flexible delivery. Built around the work.

Maika‘i is structured to provide clients with direct access to senior expertise, clear accountability, and flexible delivery without unnecessary layers.

When an engagement requires additional capacity or specialized expertise, trusted professionals are engaged for defined needs while strategy, quality, and accountability remain centrally managed.

Direct access

Work directly with the person accountable for your outcome.

Specialists when needed

Add targeted expertise without carrying unnecessary overhead.

Delivery scaled to the need

Scale the engagement to the mission, risk, timeline, and budget.

Experience where the stakes are real

Perspective shaped across complex environments.

Maika‘i brings lessons from regulated, technical, and mission critical organizations into a consulting approach designed for teams that need clear decisions, direct senior support, and disciplined execution.

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Defense & Intelligence

Risk management, authorization, assessments, operational security, and compliance in mission environments.

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Aerospace & Applied Research

Secure engineering environments, research operations, and programs balancing innovation with control.

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Financial Services & Healthcare

High stakes environments where security, resilience, privacy, and auditability intersect.

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Technology & Cloud

Modern systems, provider responsibilities, scalable controls, and evidence across evolving architectures.

The standard behind the name

Maika‘i

The sum of excellence in conduct.

For us, Maika‘i represents doing careful work, communicating clearly, and helping clients leave each engagement more capable than when it began.

Excellence is not decoration. It is visible in the quality of the analysis, the practicality of the recommendations, and the integrity of the relationship.

Start with clarity

Work with an advisor who understands the requirements and how to implement them.